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Two protestors injured and journalist arrested on the anniversary of the Nakba
15/05/2010
Two demonstrators were severely injured and several others suffered from breathing problems due to tear gas and a camera man from the Arab news channel, Al-Arabiya, was arrested in the weekly march against the Apartheid Wall in the village of Bil’in. This highlights the continued violent response by the Israeli military to prevent the people of Bil’in from exercising their right to protest against a Wall which has been deemed illegal by the International Court of Justice.
At this week’s march, people at the front of the march, were carryied a five meter long key as a banner, representing the Palestinian right of return, while three people from the village dressed up as ‘Handala’, a little boy which appears in all drawings of Naji al-Ali, the famous Palestinian cartoonist who was assassinated in 1987.
Popular committees decry the unjust persecution of leaders of the popular resistance
11/05/2010
The popular committees in Palestine decry the unjust persecution of leaders of the popular resistance in Palestine. In particular, we strongly condemn the Israeli Shin Bet for denying Mr. Iyad Burnat to leave Palestine. Eyad is the head of the local Popular Committee to Resist the Settlements and Apartheid Wall in Bilin. He was invited for a speaking tour in Italy and Switzerland on the topic Palestinian nonviolent resistance. His hosts including the mayer of Geneva (Remy Pigany) and organizers of the Peace march in Italy were dismayed when informed that the Israeli authorities refused to let Mr. Burnat cross the bridge to Jordan on 1 May 2010.
Six people arrested in Bil’in today during Al-Nakba commemoration
07/05/2010
Today’s demonstrators, consisting of Palestinians, Israelis, and internationals, processed from the Bil’in mosque towards the Wall. Halfway along the route, the procession picked up additional demonstrators in the form of several men dressed entirely in black, carrying a coffin with a man inside. The grim scene symbolized the Palestinians’ loss of land during the nakba and their inability to return to these lands. Most importantly, the coffin symbolized the fact that Palestinian refugees are not allowed to bury their deceased loved ones on their native soil.
Irish activist arrested and injured at anti-CRH protest in West Bank village
30/04/2010
Irish activist and documentarian Tommy Donnelan, 63, was this afternoon wounded and detained for two hours by the Israeli Military in the West Bank.
Irish activist arrested and injured at anti-CRH protest
30/04/2010
Today’s demonstration began with speeches in honor of International Workers’ Day by the Union of Palestine Workers, after which the crowd processed to the Wall. After several minutes, soldiers fired the first rounds of tear gas into the crowd, and continued to launch tear gas deep into the protestors’ route. Soldiers aggressively entered the village in waves in an effort to make arrests.
